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W. W. SUTLIFF, OF TOWN LINE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Pata-nt No. 61,115, dated January 8, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, W. W. SUTLIFF, vof Town Line, in the county ofLuzerne, and State of Pennsylvania., have invented a. new and usefulImprovement in.Gatc Attachment; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art' to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention consists in an arrangement for closing gates by a lever andweights, and in such a manner that with a small weight I operate uponthe gate with a lever of diiferent powers, thus increasing ordiminishing the force required to open the gate, as will hereinafterappear.

Figure 1 is a plan or top view of the gate.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section, through the line m :z: of g. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the gate. B the posts between which the gate is hung. O isthe lever. D is the weight. There is nothing peculiar in theconstruction of the gate. It is made and hung to the gate post in theusual manner. Upon the lower inside portion of the post to which thegate is hung, the lever C is attached. It is pivotcd to the post in Yanyconvenient manner, either directly, or by a block prepared for thepurpose, as seen in the drawing, fig. 2, at a, forming a joint. Thislever has staples, b, upon its upper side, into which a rod, d, ishooked. This rod d is attached to the gate at e. The weight D isattached to the end of the lever O by hook or link and staples, or inany convenient manner. It will be seen that to open the gate with therod attached to the lever, as seen in the drawing, it would require muchmore force than it would if the rod was attached too near the outer endof the lever. When the gate is opened, the weight D must be raised, andthe force is determined by the position of the rod as attached to thelever. Occasions are frequent when it is very convenient and necessaryto vary this force, and it is believed that this is the easiest and mosteffectual way by which it can be'done. To suit diiferent kinds and sizesof gates, as well as diiferent circumstances and situations, the lengthof the lever and the size of the weight may be varied as desired. Thesame arrangement may be applied to doors of different kinds,consequently I do not confine myself` exclusively to gates in itsapplication.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The lever G), the weight D, and the ro-d d, constructed and arrangedsubstantially as herein shown and described, in combination with a gateor door, as and for the purposes set forth.

W. W. SUTLIFF.

i Witnesses:

J. S. Hice, A. HoIEsAN.

